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Ritchie Torres: “NYCHA has been so savagely starved of funding at the hands of the Federal Government, that it has $40 billion worth of…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2021
NYCHA has been so savagely starved of funding at the hands of the Federal Government, that it has $40 billion worth of capital needs.
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

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Torres criticizes federal funding cuts impacting New York City's public housing.

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